potential energy

English

Noun

potential energy (countable and uncountable, plural potential energies)

1. The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

Translations

energy possessed by an object because of its position

• Catalan: energia potencial f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勢能／势能 (zh) (shìnéng), 势能 (zh) (shìnéng), 位能 (zh) (wèinéng)

• Danish: potentiel energi c
• Finnish: potentiaalienergia (fi)
• French: énergie potentielle (fr) f
• German: potentielle Energie f, Lageenergie f
• Greek: δυναμική ενέργεια f (dynamikí enérgeia)
• Hindi: स्थितिज ऊर्जा f (sthitij ūrjā)
• Indonesian: energi potensial (id)
• Irish: fuinneamh poitéinsiúil m
• Italian: energia potenziale (it) f
• Japanese: 位置エネルギー (ja) (ichi enerugī)
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: energīa potentiālis f (New Latin)
• Latvian: potenciālā enerģija f
• Malay: tenaga keupayaaan
• Malayalam: സ്ഥിതികോർജ്ജം (sthitikōṟjjaṁ)
• Maori: pūngao moe
• Norwegian: potensiell energi m
• Portuguese: energia potencial (pt) f
• Romanian: energie potențială (ro) f
• Russian: потенциа́льная эне́ргия f (potɛnciálʹnaja enɛ́rgija)
• Spanish: energía potencial f
• Tagalog: biniting kusog
• Telugu: స్థితిశక్తి (sthitiśakti)
• Thai: พลังงานศักย์ (pá-lang-ngaan-sàk)

See also

• kinetic energy
• E=mc²